[Premium Times] Members of the recently inaugurated election tribunal were constituted by Walter Onnoghen before he was suspended under controversial circumstances as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
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Sudan: Sudan Uprising Rolls On – More Mass Protests Planned for This Week
[Radio Dabanga] Sudan -The demonstrations, demanding the immediate and unconditional step-down of Al Bashir and his regime from power continued on Friday. More are planned for the rest of this week.
Africa: Lagos Among 10 Richest Cities in Africa
[Daily Trust] A new report has ranked Lagos ahead of Abuja fourth among the ten wealthiest cities in Africa with a cumulative wealth of $108 billion.
Southern Africa: Ruling Party Facing Factionalism Ahead of Vote
[VOA] South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its anniversary this week by counting the party’s successes in the past 25 years.
Uganda:Opposition Leader in Parliament Decries Party Infighting
[Monitor] Kampala -The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Ms Betty Aol Ochan, yesterday decried the infighting among opposition actors as she launched an outreach to charm peers in the struggle to remove President Museveni from power.
Zimbabwe:Mugabe-Backed Party Disbands
[The Herald] The Ambrose Mutinhiri-led National Patriotic Front has disbanded and its officials are rejoining Zanu-PF after realising that the events that led to the removal of the Robert Mugabe-led government in November last year were in the best interests of the country.
Kenya:Suspect in Murder of Sharon Otieno Denied Bail
[Nation] Michael Oyamo, the main suspect in the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, has been denied bail.
Spaghetti smugglers of the Sahara
THE shifting sands of the Sahara have long been crossed by trade and smuggling routes. Traffickers send people and drugs north over the desert. But they have a problem: what to put in the empty trucks going back?
Somalia:Police Place Sh10 Million Bounty on Five Al Shabaab Suspects
[Shabelle] Police have offered a Sh10million bounty on the heads of five wanted terror suspects.
Mauritania:African Union Urges Mauritania to Crack Down On Slavery
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1981, and has one of the highest rates of slavery in the world